Elmore Leonard Quotes
Sometimes female characters start out as the wife or girlfriend, but then I realize, 'No, she's the book,' and she becomes a main character. I surrender the book to her.
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The north coast of Brittany is eaten into bays from which the sea retreats to considerable distances, and is fringed with reefs and islands. It is a favourite resort of Parisians throughout its stretch, from Dinard to Plestin.
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If you have not been a villain at a certain point in time, you will never be a hero. And the day you are a hero, you may become a villain the next day.
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Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.
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When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.
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A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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Our goal definitely isn't to sell Stripe.
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I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.
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I look formidable.
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My record speaks for itself.
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I've always had an addictive nature.
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The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
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I feel very giddy with the idea of making my imagination take form and being able to put on a show where people leave feeling like they've experienced something.
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American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.'
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I like the work that I get to do.
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My song-writing has always been just about my life - usually my worst moments.
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My son smelled like a cinnamon bun, and that smell entered into my biological being, and it became an imperative that I keep him alive at all costs, so then there's this monster - this tiger or lion - that comes forward in you to protect them. And it doesn't stop. It doesn't matter if they become men or women.
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Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just want to say that I love him so much.
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Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.
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It's very intense to go back to the past and revive work that I've already experienced and moved forward from. It's like seeing an old girlfriend - awkward at times, nostalgic at times and downright maddening and embarrassing.
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You will form a very inadequate estimate of a man's character, if you judge by what a fond sister says of him. The worst of them generally know how to hide their misdeeds from their sisters' eyes, and their mother's, too.
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I have no interest in being known as a celebrity; 'celebrity' is a pretty disgusting word. It's part of the brainwashing of the culture, part of the false idolatry of those that are only human, and I don't want to participate in that.
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A God you understood would be less than yourself.
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Sometimes female characters start out as the wife or girlfriend, but then I realize, 'No, she's the book,' and she becomes a main character. I surrender the book to her.
